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In January 1979 the People's Republic of China adopted a phonetic
alphabet to facilitate the spelling of Chinese names and places in
English and all other languages using the standard Roman alphabet.
This system is called Pinyin.
The list below shows the spellings of names and places in both Pinyin
and the former Wade-Giles (traditional, which our textbook authors use
frequently) spelling for most of the commonly used terms:
| PLACE
NAMES |
| PINYIN |
TRADITIONAL |
| Anhui |
Anhhwei |
| Beijing |
Peking |
| Chang
Jiang |
Yangtze
River |
| Chongqing |
Chungking |
| Fujian |
Fukien |
| Fuzhou |
Foochow |
| Guangdong |
Kwantung |
| Guangxi |
Kwangsi |
| Guangzhou |
Canton |
| Guizhou |
Kweichow |
| Hankou |
Hankow |
| Huang
He River |
Hwang
Ho River |
| Hubei |
Hopeh |
| Jiangsu |
Kiangsu |
| Jiaozhou
Bay |
Kiaochow
Bay |
| Jilin |
Kirin |
| Liaodong |
Liaotung |
| Nanjing |
Nanking |
| Shaanxi |
Shansi |
| Shandong |
Shantung |
| Shenyang |
Mukden |
| Sichuan |
Szechwan |
| Tianjin |
Tientsin |
| Xi
River |
Hsi
River |
| Xinjiang |
Sinkiang |
| Xi'an |
Sian |
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PEOPLE |
| PINYIN |
TRADITIONAL |
| Deng
Xiaoping |
Teng
Hsiao-p'ing |
| Jiang
Jing |
Chiang
Ching |
| Laozi |
Lao-tzu |
| Li Bo |
Li Po |
| Mao
Zedong |
Mao
Tse-tung |
| Shihuangdi |
Shih-Huang
Ti |
| Zhou
Enlai |
Chou
En-lai |
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DYNASTIES |
| PINYIN |
TRADITIONAL |
| Qin |
Ch'in |
| Qing |
Ch'ing |
| Song |
Sung |
| Tang |
T'ang |
| Zhou |
Chou |
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